Ekinops

About the Company

Ekinops is a leading provider of open, trusted and innovative network connectivity. We enable our customers’ success by delivering high value-added software-driven solutions.
Our programmable and highly scalable solutions enable the fast, flexible and cost-effective deployment of new services for both high-speed, high-capacity optical transport as well as virtualization-enabled managed enterprise services.
Our product portfolio consists of three highly complementary product and service sets: EKINOPS360, OneAccess and Compose.
EKINOPS360 provides optical transport solutions for metro, regional and long-distance networks with WDM for high-capacity point-to-point, ring and optical mesh architectures.
OneAccess offers a wide choice of physical and virtualized deployment options for Layer 2 and Layer 3 access network functions.
Compose supports service providers in making their networks software-defined with a variety of software management tools and services, including the scalable SD-WAN Xpress and Nuvla Edge to Cloud solutions.
As service providers embrace SDN and NFV deployment models, EKINOPS enables future-proofed deployment today, enabling operators to seamlessly migrate to an open, virtualized delivery model at a time of their choosing.
A global organization, EKINOPS (EKI) - a public company traded on the Euronext Paris exchange - operates on 4 continents.
For more information, visit www.ekinops.com.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Ekinops

Job Title

JTAG & Project Test Engineer

Job Description

Looking for an exciting opportunity within a growing high-tech company, in an international environment?

For over 20 years, Ekinops has been driving innovation in network systems. We provide open, trusted and innovative network connectivity and enable our customers’ success by delivering high value-added software-driven solutions. Today, over 120 international service providers, including numerous Tier 1 carriers around the world, trust our people and technologies. Over 50% of our near 500-strong team works in our multi-national Agile R&D centers. Our company has a strong international background, with sales offices strategically located around the world Ekinops has a culture of empowerment, trust and openness with our employees.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Deputy Production Director and as part of the diverse team of test engineers supporting a high-volume production facility and reporting to the Deputy Production Director, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Programming & development of JTAG test and/or automation systems.
• Preparing daily, monthly and yearly reports
• Communicating with the employees to understand their problems and make necessary changes in software.
• Developing functional test benches for Transport product manufactured in Ekinops Belgium
• Helping on Project test (test & implementation)Functional testbenches, ….
• Support continuous improvement in compliance with the requirements of Quality, Environmental, and Security Management Systems.


Profile and skills:


• Master in Electronics or Computer Engineering (Higher-level education preferred in an electronics discipline but experience will be considered).
• Between 2 and 5+ years of relevant work experience (Hardware design and test environment is a plus).
• Experience with circuit boards is needed.

Technical knowledge

• Design and develop of functional test and/or automation systems.
• JTAG and boundary scan testing / EPLD & flash device programming.
• Previous and proven experience in conducting root cause analysis, implementing corrective actions for production issues.
• 3 years’ experience in a high-speed production of electronic or electro mechanic products in a very high quality and high flexibility-demanding environment (industrial, aeronautic, automotive …).
• PC MS Office.
• Experience in using ERP for the main functionalities used in a production environment (SAP is a plus).
• Lean-Six sigma tools or equivalent (The 5 Whys, The 5S System, Kaizen (Continuous Improvement), Poka-yoke (Mistake Proofing).
• C# & Python Language
• Telecom interfaces knowledge is a plus : VOIP, xDSL, FXS, BRI, PRI, FXO, Wi-Fi, xG, …
• Network protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SSH …
• Databases: SQL, MySQL, CSV…

Behavioural indicators:

• Strong teamwork skills.
• Communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage fast changes.
• Creative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to plan and coordinate a small production team with a pro-active attitude, led by example.
• Capability to jump from one topic to another. (ex: new development in progress which requires strong attention, but necessity for immediate support to production)
• Skills of project management.
• Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision.
• Fluent in Dutch and English, French is a plus.
• Problem-solving way of thinking.
• Stress resistant.
• Customer friendly.
• Proactive.

Package:

• Senior

• Meal Voucher
• Health insurance
• Pension Plan
• Life Insurance
• Private accidents insurance
• Disablement insurance / guaranteed income
• Allianz Global Assistance Insurance
• Company Car
• Cell phone

Recruitment process :

At Ekinops, we believe diversity makes us stronger! We hire talents based on skills, experience, and potential—nothing else. No matter your age, gender, background, or abilities, what matters to us is what you bring to the team. Join us and thrive in an inclusive, open-minded workplace where everyone has a voice!

3 interviews:

• 1st with Department Continuous improvement Engineer- Deputy production director -Plant director
• 2nd interview with HR/ manufacturing director
• 3rd interview with C-Level/VP

Leuven, Belgium

On site

19-03-2025

Company Name

Ekinops

Job Title

Senior R&D Security Engineer

Job Description

For over 20 years, Ekinops has been driving innovation in network systems. We provide solutions focused on the needs of communication service providers and enterprises worldwide.

We provide open, trusted and innovative network connectivity and enable our customers’ success by delivering high value-added software-driven solutions. Today, over 120 international service providers, including numerous Tier 1 carriers around the world, trust our people and technologies.

Over 50% of our 500-strong team works in our multi-national Agile R&D centers. Our company has a strong international background, with sales offices strategically located around the world.

Duties and Responsibilities:

As part of the R&D organization, you will serve as Senior R&D Product Security engineer, leading Product security-related initiatives across all R&D departments. In this key role, you will play a pivotal role in embedding security principles and practices throughout the entire “Secure by design and development lifecycle” of Ekinops Products and Services.

Our Product range is mainly:

• Enterprise Access Routers with Virtualized Network and Security functions
• SaaS services for SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)
• Optical Transport routers for Metro-Longhaul or Data center interconnect

You will ensure that our products comply with relevant security standards and regulations. Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Technical lead of Security topics in R&D Product lines.
• Mentorship over R&D Security engineers.
• Stays up-to-date with security regulations and anticipate compliancy roadmaps (TSA, RED, NIS2, Cyber Security Act, Cyber Resilience Act, Common Criteria …)
• Defines and updates Ekinops Product Security Policy and put in place processes & tools to check its application in Development Lifecycle.
• Defines and regularly updates the Ekinops security risk assessment guidelines (Security by Design, Hardening guides, threat model)
• Watch open source vulnerabilities (CVEs) detected by our SCA toolchain that executes SBOM scans against different Vulnerability databases (NVD, Debian, …) and ensure they are continuously listed, analyzed, reported through Security Alert Bulletins (SABs) and fixed in a timely manner and according to our SLA to our customers.
• Defines and updates policies and targets for test tools (SAST, DAST).
• Monitor coverage and quality of security testing in DevSecOps pipelines.
• Supervises regular execution of External Pentests on our products.
• Consolidate KPIs and heatmap about our global Product Security status to management
• Performs or supervises security audits from clients.
• Support Operations for forensics in case of security incident.
• Monitors threats and attacks undergone by our customers and our competitors’ products, and derive relevant actions.
• Supports R&D Product lines activities for all security-related matters.
• Supports PreSales and Marketing to answer to RFIs and RFPs in particular for our compliancy with Security requirements
• Works with CISO’s of our customers to position Ekinops as a trustworthy and secure vendor

Profile and skills:

To successfully carry out the role of a Senior R&D Security Engineer, a candidate should possess the following skills and qualifications:

• MSc in Telecom or Computer Science with Preferably a Security major
• Proven experience (10+ years) in security, especially in software, network and embedded equipment (linux based)
• Knowledge of security standards (ISO27001, NIS2, Common Criteria, TSA, RED, CSA, CRA …)
• Experience in working in a DevSecOps organization
• Good understanding of Virtualization, and IP routing.
• Good understanding of cloud (Azure, GCP or AWS)
• Optical Transport knowledge is a plus.
• Ability to interact with customers or partners at senior level (CISO)
• Ability to work with large and international teams.
• Ability to prioritize effectively and make decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Previous experience in working in international environments
• Excellent oral and written communication in English. French is also highly appreciated as we have lot of interactions with Major French telecom operators.


Recruitment process:

At Ekinops, we believe diversity makes us stronger! We hire talents based on skills, experience, and potential—nothing else. No matter your age, gender, background, or abilities, what matters to us is what you bring to the team. Join us and thrive in an inclusive, open-minded workplace where everyone has a voice!

3 interviews:

1st with Department manager
2nd interview with HR
3rd interview with C-Level/VP

Massy, France

On site

27-03-2025